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enDoha deadlock on climate finance can be broken next weekhttps://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2013-04-26/doha-deadlock-climate-finance-can-be-broken-next-week
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>Bonn, Germany – Governments must move quickly at this year’s first UN climate change meeting to plug the gaping deficit of funds to help developing countries adapt to climate change and lower their emissions, international aid agency Oxfam said today.</strong></p>
<p>The meeting, starting in Bonn, Germany on Monday April 29, will be the first time governments meet to discuss collective climate change action since last year’s Doha summit, where they failed to agree on any climate finance plans for this year and beyond after the end of the ‘Fast Start Finance’ arrangement in 2012.</p>
<h3>A new funding period</h3>
<p><strong>2013 is a critical year for climate finance.</strong> It marks a new funding period when pledges need to be boosted significantly if governments are to honor their 2009 promise to mobilize $100 billion per year by 2020 in finance to help developing countries adapt to climate change and lower their emissions.</p>
<p>Yet current patterns of climate finance are worrying. Earlier this month, the OECD revealed that funding clearly targeted for adaptation programs fell in 2011 to $1.8 billion from $3.1 billion in 2010, based on data reported by governments to the OECD. The OECD has not released climate finance figures for 2012, but Oxfam’s research suggests that levels of public climate finance for adaptation did not improve last year.</p>
<p>Oxfam’s climate change policy adviser Tracy Carty said the deficit in climate finance pledges must be tackled urgently next week.</p>
<h3>No man's land</h3>
<p>“Climate finance is in no man’s land. 2013 should mark the start of the new climate finance period, yet almost halfway through the year we’ve seen no new pledges,” Carty said.</p>
<p><strong>“Developed countries must not come to Bonn empty-handed.</strong> It’s time for governments to set out exactly how much public climate finance they will provide from now to 2015, and how they’ll scale it up by 2020 in line with their promises.</p>
<p>“Holding back promised climate finance risks stalling and souring progress towards the 2015 agreement governments will be discussing in Bonn, because it undermines developing countries’ trust that developed countries will keep their word.”</p>
<p>Carty said it is crucial for governments to provide detail on how these funds will be spent and where they will come from.</p>
<h3>Adaptation programs and resilience</h3>
<p>“People in developing countries are dealing with increasingly extreme weather events, putting the food security of millions at stake because of a climate crisis they did not create. Yet Oxfam’s research estimates that as little as 21 per cent of climate finance has gone to adaptation programs that improve their resilience to these impacts.”</p>
<p>“It’s time for governments to explicitly agree that at least half of all public funds for climate change action will go to meet developing countries’ adaptation needs.</p>
<p><strong>“Governments can’t leave it up to the private sector</strong> to fill this enormous shortfall in adaptation funding. The private sector has mostly stayed away from funding some of the most important adaptation programs, which help people gain access to the water, food and basic services diminished by climate change, because they offer little or no short-term return on investment.”</p>
<p><strong>Oxfam is also hoping that the Bonn negotiations will help deliver consensus</strong> on how responsibility for reducing emissions can be shared fairly between countries. Currently, countries determine their own reduction commitments but this process has so far proved totally incapable of keeping rising global temperatures within a safe threshold.</p></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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<div class="field field-name-field-news-picture field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main picture:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www-cdn.oxfam.org/s3fs-public/mainimage/climate-change-ogb_47785__mg_3052-shehab-uddin-drik-620x278.jpg" width="620" height="278" alt="Arifa, 12, in a flooded land in Bangladesh. Photo: Shehab Uddin/DRIK/Oxfam" title="Climate finance is in no man’s land." /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pull-quotes field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Pull quotes:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">People in developing countries are dealing with increasingly extreme weather events, putting the food security of millions at stake because of a climate crisis they did not create.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee-org field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee&#039;s organisation:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Oxfam’s climate change policy adviser</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-notestoeditors field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Notes to editors:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-contactinformation field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Oxfam’s climate change policy adviser Tracy Carty is in Bonn for the negotiations. For interviews or media enquiries, please contact :</p>
<p><strong>Sunita Bose</strong>,&nbsp;Oxfam International Economic Justice Media Lead,&nbsp;on +1 650 353 1936.</p>
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<p><strong>Blog: <a href="http://blogs.oxfam.org/en/blogs/12-11-28-three-facts-and-three-photos-about-extreme-weather-2012" target="_blank">Three facts and three photos about extreme weather in 2012</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Oxfam's <a href="http://www.oxfam.org/en/policy?keys=climate&amp;created[min]=&amp;created[max]=">research and report</a> on climate change</strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-space field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Space:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/site-spaces/grow" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">GROW</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-space-only field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Space only:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-campaigns field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Campaigns:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/campaigns/climate-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Climate Change</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-freetags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Freetags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/resilience" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">resilience</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/oecd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">OECD</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate fund</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-finance" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate finance</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate change</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/bonn-conference" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Bonn Conference</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/adaptation-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Adaptation Fund</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-summary-picture field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Summary picture:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www-cdn.oxfam.org/s3fs-public/summaryimage/climate-change-ogb_47785__mg_3052-shehab-uddin-drik-220.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="Arifa, 12, in a flooded land in Bangladesh. Photo: Shehab Uddin/DRIK/Oxfam" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Tracy Carty</div></div></div>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:18:08 +0000Laurent Le Gouanvic4250 at https://www.oxfam.orgNew proposal on shipping emissions offers breakthrough for Durban climate change talkshttps://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2011-09-08/new-proposal-shipping-emissions-offers-breakthrough-durban
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h3>New report from Oxfam and WWF shows how the proposed deal can work for rich and poor countries</h3>
<p><strong>A new report published today by Oxfam and WWF argues that a proposed deal to apply a carbon price to international shipping should be at the heart of the agreement at the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, later this year.</strong> The report shows how it is possible to tackle the huge and growing greenhouse gas emissions from ships and raise billions of dollars to help developing countries tackle climate change, without unfairly hitting developing countries. The deal offers a solution to the deadlock on shipping emissions that has lasted more than a decade.</p>
<p>The report, <a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/policy/out-bunker-shipping-emmissions"><strong>Out of the Bunker – Time for a fair deal on shipping emissions</strong></a>, is published the first day of a key ministerial meeting ahead of the Durban climate conference. Agreeing further global emissions cuts and finding new sources of climate finance to help developing countries adapt to climate change are two of the biggest challenges for the Durban meeting.</p>
<p><strong>Total emissions from international shipping</strong> are approximately three percent of global emissions - greater than the total emissions from Germany and around twice those of Australia. A single ship can produce more emissions in a year than many small island developing states.</p>
<p>According to the Oxfam/WWF proposal, applying a carbon price of $25 per ton to shipping fuel (known as bunker fuel) would help cut emissions while generating $25 billion per year by 2020. The finance would be used both to compensate developing countries for marginally higher import costs that could result from the carbon price, and to provide more than $10 billion per year to the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The GCF was established at last year’s UN climate conference in Cancun, Mexico, to channel funds for tackling climate change to developing countries but is currently empty.&nbsp;</p>
<p>According to the report, the carbon price would only increase the costs of global trade by 0.2 percent - equivalent to just $2 for every $1000 traded. South Africa whose import costs are projected to increase by 0.14 per cent as a result, would receive compensation of approximately $200m per year, while Bangladesh whose import costs are projected to increase by 0.19 percent would receive $40m per year, in addition to any revenues received from the Green Climate Fund. Oxfam and WWF argue that this money should be spent building the resilience of the poorest and most vulnerable people in each country.<br /><br />Tim Gore, Oxfam policy advisor on climate change and co-author of the report, said:</p>
<p><strong>“Our research shows it is possible to cut the massive greenhouse gas emissions</strong> from shipping without unfairly hitting developing countries, and to generate billions of dollars in new cash for climate action in poor countries in the process. The costs are affordable but the benefits for the planet and those most vulnerable to climate change are huge. It's time for shipping to become part of the solution to tackling climate change, not a big part of the problem.”</p>
<p>Tasneem Essop, WWF Head of Climate Strategy and Advocacy said:</p>
<p><strong>"The climate conference in Durban this year provides the ideal opportunity</strong> for a global agreement on shipping. A mechanism to address shipping emissions and at the same time provide financing for developing countries should be one of the pillars of a strong package of outcomes in Durban that can put the world on a path to avoiding disruptive climate change.</p>
<p>“This can be a concrete contribution that the South African presidency of the climate conference can make towards ensuring scaled up financing from an innovative source of funding. The detailed design of the Green Climate Fund will be decided in Durban, but if we do not identify the sources of funding we will have a bank with no money."</p>
<p><strong>After more than a decade of delay</strong>, there is the impetus to strike a breakthrough agreement on shipping emissions in 2011. The World Bank and IMF are due to report to G20 finance ministers in September on options to raise climate finance, including from international shipping. France has made agreement on innovative sources of finance for development and tackling climate change a priority under their G20 presidency.</p>
<p>In Europe, political momentum is growing around the new proposal to ensure developing countries are compensated for the economic impacts of a global carbon price for shipping. Oxfam and WWF urge the Polish EU Presidency and countries such as the UK, Spain and the Netherlands to now get behind Germany and France to make an EU deal on shipping a top priority for Durban.</p>
<p>While some developed countries are pressing for a large portion of climate finance to be channelled by the private sector, Pa Ousman from Gambia, Chair of the Group of Least Developed Countries at the UN climate negotiations said: “We urgently need new sources of adaptation finance for the Green Climate Fund – taxing bunker fuels for ships and planes are one of the most promising.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pull-quotes field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Pull quotes:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">It&#039;s time for shipping to become part of the solution to tackling climate change, not a big part of the problem.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee-org field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee&#039;s organisation:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Oxfam policy advisor on climate change</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-notestoeditors field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Notes to editors:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Download the Oxfam/WWF report: <a href="https://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bn-out-of-the-bunker-050911-en.pdf">Out of the Bunker: Time for a Fair Deal on Shipping Emissions</a> (pdf, 355kb)</strong></p>
<p>Bunker fuel is the name of fuel oil used in ships. Shipping emissions or bunkers doubled between 1990 and 2007, and are projected to more than double again by 2050.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-contactinformation field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>For &nbsp;press enquiries or more information, please contact:</p>
<p>Tricia O'Rourke, Oxfam, tricia.orourke@oxfaminternational.org, tel +44(0)1865 339157, mob +44(0)7876 397915,</p>
<p>Quathar Jacobs, Media Officer, WWF South Africa, qjacobs@wwf.org.za, <br />tel +27 825387710<br /><br /><br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-space field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Space:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/site-spaces/grow" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">GROW</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-space-only field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Space only:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-freetags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Freetags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/un-climate-change-conference" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">UN climate change conference</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/shipping-emissions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">shipping emissions</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/greenhouse-gas-emissions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">greenhouse gas emissions</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/durban" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Durban</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/cop17" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">COP17</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate fund</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate change</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Tim Gore</div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="translation_fr first"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/fr/salle-de-presse/communiques/2011-09-08/de-nouvelles-propositions-sur-les-emissions-du-transport" title="De nouvelles propositions sur les émissions du transport maritime marquent un pas décisif sur la voie de Durban" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
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</ul>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:38:02 +0000Joel M Bassuk1133 at https://www.oxfam.orgOut of the Bunkerhttps://www.oxfam.org/en/research/out-bunker
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>At the most recent UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico in December 2010, governments saved the global climate negotiations from collapse. But they did not solve the climate crisis.</strong></p>
<p>Two challenges are particularly pressing. First, governments must close the gap between the cuts to greenhouse gas emissions pledged so far and those needed to avoid catastrophic climate change. Second, rich country governments must mobilize the money needed to fill the Green Climate Fund (GCF) established in Cancun.</p>
<p><strong>International shipping is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.</strong> Shipping emissions – or ‘bunkers’ in the jargon of the UN climate negotiations – are large and growing fast. A single ship can emit more in one year than many small island states. Yet they are not currently regulated under the global climate regime.</p>
<p><strong>Agreement to apply a carbon price to shipping can both reduce emissions and raise funds</strong> for climate change adaptation and mitigation in developing countries. But since developed countries must lead the fight against climate change, such a scheme must ensure developing countries face no net costs as a result. The next climate change conference, COP17 in Durban, South Africa at the end of 2011, provides an opportunity to agree the three key principles of such a deal:</p>
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<li>No net costs for developing countries; and</li>
<li>Substantial revenues for the Green Climate Fund.</li>
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<p>This paper shows how such a deal is possible. A moderate carbon price of $25 per ton is likely to raise the costs of global trade by just 0.2%, but generate $25 billion per year to compensate developing countries, and provide more than $10 billion per year for the Green Climate Fund.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-field-subtitle field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Time for a fair deal on shipping emissions</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-report-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Tim Gore, Oxfam GB; Mark Lutes, WWF</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-site-spaces field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site spaces:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/site-spaces/european-union-office" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">European Union Office</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/site-spaces/grow" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">GROW</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-report-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Report type:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/report-type/policy-paper" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Policy paper</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-campaigns field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Campaigns:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/campaigns/climate-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Climate Change</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-freetags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Freetags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/un-climate-change-conference" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">UN climate change conference</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/shipping-emissions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">shipping emissions</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/greenhouse-gas-emissions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">greenhouse gas emissions</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/durban" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Durban</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/cop17" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">COP17</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate fund</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate change</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-file-attachments field-type-file field-label-above"><div class="field-label">File Attachments:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="file clearfix"><span class="icon"><img class="file-icon" alt="" title="application/pdf" src="/sites/all/themes/oxfamzen/images/icons/application-pdf.png" /></span> <span class="text"><a href="https://www-cdn.oxfam.org/s3fs-public/file_attachments/bn-out-of-the-bunker-050911-en_4.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=363004">bn-out-of-the-bunker-050911-en_4.pdf</a> <span class="filesize">354.5 KB</span></span></div></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="translation_fr first"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/fr/rapports/sortir-de-la-cale-seche" title="Sortir de la cale sèche" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
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</ul>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:02:22 +0000Joel M Bassuk2267 at https://www.oxfam.orgClimate talks close in Bonn https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/reactions/climate-talks-close-bonn
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">As the latest United Nations climate change negotiations being held in Bonn, drew to a close today, Tim Gore, Oxfam's climate change policy advisor said;<a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/reactions/climate-talks-close-bonn" class="more-link">Read more</a></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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<div class="field field-name-field-contactinformation field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Contact</strong>: Georgette Ginn +44 (0)1865 472037 / +44 (0)7824 503108 <a href="mailto:gginn@oxfam.org.uk" rel="nofollow">gginn@oxfam.org.uk</a>...</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-site-spaces field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site spaces:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/site-spaces/grow" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">GROW</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-freetags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Freetags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">climate</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/bonn" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Bonn</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">climate fund</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/adaptation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">adaptation</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/food-security" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">food security</a></div></div></div>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:34:16 +0000Anna Mitchell3159 at https://www.oxfam.orgWaking up from the hangover of Copenhagen (op-ed)https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2010-12-14/waking-hangover-copenhagen-op-ed
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>For the past year we have all operated under the hangover of Copenhagen: the disappointment, suspicion, scepticism and disorientation. And while there was so much more that could have been accomplished at Cancun, the other side of these talks is a better place to be.</strong><br /><br />The Summit in Cancun was certainly not perfect, but the building blocks to get us back on track to the ultimate prize of a fair, ambitious legally binding deal have been laid. This is important. We have turned a corner, away from the cold grey shambles of Copenhagen, thanks in no small part to the efforts of the Mexican government.<br /><br />The kind of progress made in Cancun is not the makings of front-page news. But ironically far more was achieved in this Mexican holiday resort than in the hype-fest this time last year. Yes, the Cancun deal is not enough to tackle global climate change on its own, but life-saving decisions have been made.</p>
<p><strong>Most notably, the Climate Fund, has been set up</strong> – a one-stop shop which will stream-line delivery of crucial funding to the people and communities that need it most in the face of climate impacts. This was always the cornerstone to getting a deal between rich and poor countries in Cancun <br /><br /><strong>The woefully inadequate emissions cuts pledges that were made after Copenhagen have now been set as a minimum</strong>, and there is a pathway for these to be raised so they keep up with the science. <br /><br /><strong>The Kyoto Protocol – brutally battered during the past two weeks – has survived</strong>. Just. So much more needs to be done, but we now have a baseline that emissions cuts must be relative to 1990 - not 2005 – and therefore more ambitious. There is now more confidence among developing countries that richer nations support the continuation of the second commitment period. <br /><br />This is not the end of the story – it is the beginning. We need to <strong>increase the pledges in the Cancun Agreement</strong> and ensure compliance mechanisms are in place for the United States so that we have real emissions reductions. This is crucial as the United States do not have legally binding targets under the Kyoto Protocol.&nbsp; We need sources of long term funding identified: perhaps the International Maritime Organization will step up to the mantle when it meets in the Spring to discuss levies on international shipping, which are currently unregulated. International aviation must also be part of this equation. <br /><br /><strong>Women, among the most affected by climate change</strong>, have become invisible in the Finance agreement, having made a brief appearance earlier last week when it was proposed that women be represented on the Climate Fund Board. They must be represented.<br /><br />Away from the UN climate talks, nation states and blocs can increase their resolve to tackle climate change. The EU must increase its emissions cuts target from 20 per cent on 1990 levels by 2020 to at least 30 per cent. The UK should adopt the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation to set a target of 60 per cent by 2030. Rich countries must learn from the ‘pilot’ of Fast Start Funding so that long term financing is truly additional to development aid.<br /><br /><strong>Rich countries must show much more resolve</strong> in leading the fight against global climate change. In the US, efforts may need to be rebuilt from the bottom up – mobilising the grass roots for strong action at State level and continuing to press for the federal action that continues to act as a break on truly global climate action.<br /><br /><strong>Brazil, South Africa, India and China</strong> should build on the ambitious actions they have outlined since Copenhagen and in Cancun, setting a new model of clean development and poverty eradication. And governments of vulnerable countries – those least responsible for the climate crisis, but suffering first and worst from its savage effects – must develop long-term plans to build the resilience of their people and communities from climate impacts. Many of the poorest countries have already outlined ambitious plans to control their emissions growth – like the Maldives’ plan to be carbon neutral by 2020. The international community must support them in these life-saving efforts.<br /><br /><strong>Cancun is an important chapter</strong> in the epic story to tackle global climate change. If countries view Cancun as they should - a turning point from which to build from – the end of the book could well be in sight.</p>
<p><em>- Jeremy Hobbs – Executive Director of Oxfam International</em></p></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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<div class="field field-name-field-news-picture field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main picture:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www-cdn.oxfam.org/s3fs-public/mainimage/cancun-sand-460.jpg" width="460" height="236" alt="Giant sand sculpture, Cancun. Photo: Ainhoa Goma/Oxfam" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pull-quotes field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Pull quotes:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Cancun is an important chapter in the epic story to tackle global climate change. If countries view Cancun as they should - a turning point from which to build from – the end of the book could well be in sight. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee-org field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee&#039;s organisation:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Executive Director, Oxfam International</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-notestoeditors field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Notes to editors:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-contactinformation field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-space-only field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Space only:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-campaigns field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Campaigns:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/campaigns/climate-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Climate Change</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-freetags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Freetags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/global-warming-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">global warming</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/gender-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">gender justice</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/cop16" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">cop16</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate fund</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-adaptation-finance" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate adaptation finance</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/cancun" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">cancun</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/adaptation-financing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">adaptation financing</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Jeremy Hobbs</div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="translation_es first"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/es/sala-de-prensa/notas-de-prensa/2010-12-16/saliendo-de-la-resaca-de-copenhague" title="Saliendo de la resaca de Copenhague" class="translation-link">Español</a></li>
<li class="translation_fr last"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/fr/salle-de-presse/communiques/2010-12-15/tribune-la-gueule-de-bois-de-copenhague-enfin-derriere-nous" title="Tribune : la gueule de bois de Copenhague enfin derrière nous" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
</ul>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:32:48 +0000Joel M Bassuk1377 at https://www.oxfam.orgOxfam: Last minute package breathes life into UN Climate Talks https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2010-12-11/oxfam-last-minute-package-breathes-life-un-climate-talks
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h4>Urgent action is now needed to get the global deal back on track</h4>
<p><strong>The UN climate talks are off the life-support machine, following a last-minute agreement that gives the Kyoto Protocol a lifeline, says international agency Oxfam. It establishes a global Climate Fund and, while falling short of the emissions cuts needed, lays out a path to move towards them – crucially moving the world closer to the global deal that eluded last year’s summit in Copenhagen.</strong></p>
<p>The deal’s Climate Fund will be designed by a committee with a strong voice for developing countries, which should ensure that life-saving finance will be delivered to those who are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The Climate Fund will be a major channel for adaptation finance, helping to plug the gap in adaptation funding, so that vulnerable communities have the resources they urgently need.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the emissions cuts pledged after Copenhagen have been set as a minimum, with an expectation to raise them according to the demands of climate science. Urgent work is needed in the coming months to raise the targets to the scale needed to avoid catastrophic climate change, and put in place the compliance measures that will ensure real emissions reductions take place. </p>
<p>Oxfam International Executive Director Jeremy Hobbs said: “Negotiators have resuscitated the UN talks and put them on a road to recovery. This deal shows the UN negotiations can deliver. There is now hope for action to help the millions of poor people who are already struggling to survive the effects of climate change.</p>
<p>“With lives on the line, we must now build on this progress. Long-term funding must be secured so the Climate Fund can start to deliver, helping vulnerable communities protect themselves for the climate impacts of today and tomorrow.”</p>
<p>There are issues that need to be addressed, including finding the sources of new, long-term money to help fill the Climate Fund. An opportunity has been missed to establish levies on international aviation and shipping, which could have raised substantial new resources for fighting climate change in poor countries. This issue must be revisited with urgency next year. The concerns of women should be put at the heart of the new fund to ensure that those who are among the most affected, receive the funding they need.</p>
<p>Now we need a renewal of political will to drive these negotiations forward to a global deal. Many of the most difficult issues remain. We will not be able to offer a safe future for vulnerable women, men and children unless governments realize that we swim together or sink together. Our challenge is to elevate our vision and commit to the deep emissions cuts that are urgently needed.</p>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" href="../../../cancun"><strong>Oxfam at the COP16 Cancun Climate Summit</strong></a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pull-quotes field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Pull quotes:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">This deal shows the UN negotiations can deliver.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee-org field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee&#039;s organisation:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Oxfam International Executive Director</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-notestoeditors field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Notes to editors:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-contactinformation field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Violeta Leon: +521 99 81 03 66 89 or <a href="mailto:violetaleon@oxfammexico.org" rel="nofollow">violetaleon@oxfammexico.org</a> <br />Magali Rubino: +521 99 81 59 47 42 or <a href="mailto:mrubino@oxfamfrance.org" rel="nofollow">mrubino@oxfamfrance.org</a> <br />Lucy Brinicombe: +521 99 81 59 48 96 or <a href="mailto:lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk" rel="nofollow">lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk</a> <br />Ben Grossman-Cohen: +521 99 81 59 35 21 or <a href="mailto:bgrossman-cohen@oxfamamerica.org" rel="nofollow">bgrossman-cohen@oxfamamerica.org</a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-space-only field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Space only:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-campaigns field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Campaigns:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/campaigns/climate-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Climate Change</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-freetags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Freetags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/cop16" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">cop16</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate fund</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/unfccc" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">UNFCCC</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/global-warming-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">global warming</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Jeremy Hobbs</div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="translation_es first"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/es/sala-de-prensa/notas-de-prensa/2010-12-11/un-paquete-de-ultimo-minuto-da-un-aliento-de-vida-las" title="Un paquete de último minuto da un aliento de vida a las Negociaciones climáticas de Cancún" class="translation-link">Español</a></li>
<li class="translation_fr last"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/fr/salle-de-presse/communiques/2010-12-11/le-paquet-de-derniere-minute-donne-un-nouveau-souffle-aux" title="Le paquet de dernière minute donne un nouveau souffle aux négociations des Nations Unies sur le climat" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
</ul>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:16:28 +0000oxroot1383 at https://www.oxfam.orgUN Climate Talks in Cancun must be saved from the brinkhttps://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2010-12-10/un-climate-talks-cancun-must-be-saved-brink
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span><strong><em>Cancun</em>: National self-interest and brinkmanship must not be allowed to sabotage the Cancun climate talks and risk reversing the progress made over the past two weeks</strong>, warned Oxfam on the penultimate day of the increasingly volatile Summit.</span></p>
<p>The warning comes as key countries like the US and Japan refuse to move on key decisions that are hampering hopes for an ambitious deal on climate finance and mitigation. <strong>Japan’s position on the second commitment of the Kyoto Protocol risks derailing the chances</strong> to increase the level of woefully inadequate emissions pledges made in Copenhagen.</p>
<p><strong>The US, meanwhile, is refusing to move on establishing the Climate Fund</strong>, which is crucial in delivering urgently needed money to protect the most vulnerable, until they get their way on the details of measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) of emissions cuts in China and developing countries. China and other developing countries have made it clear they are prepared to negotiate and demonstrate transparency. This one issue should not threaten the rest of the finance agenda.</p>
<p>Oxfam International Executive Director Jeremy Hobbs said: “Cancun can still be the turning point away from the disappointment of Copenhagen. But brinkmanship, delay and rumor amounts to a game of Russian Roulette, which will only lead to millions of poor people already affected by climate change being the biggest losers.</p>
<p><strong>“The rules of the game were agreed three years ago</strong> in Bali and ministers must play by them. They must place the global common good at the heart of their negotiations so that a legally binding agreement here can put the UN talks back on track and move us all closer to a safer future.”</p>
<p><strong>It is essential that a new fair Climate Fund be established at Cancun</strong>, with at least 50 per cent of climate funds allocated for adaptation needs. Women must be at the heart of the Fund so that the money is delivered to them and other groups affected most by the impacts of climate change.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.oxfam.org/cancun"><strong>Oxfam at the COP16 Cancun Climate Summit</strong></a></p></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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<div class="field field-name-field-news-picture field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main picture:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www-cdn.oxfam.org/s3fs-public/mainimage/will-you-back-climate-fund-460.jpg" width="460" height="236" alt="A new fair Climate Fund must be established at Cancun. Photo: Ainhoa Goma/Oxfam" title="A new fair Climate Fund must be established at Cancun" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pull-quotes field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Pull quotes:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">...brinkmanship, delay and rumor amounts to a game of Russian Roulette, which will only lead to millions of poor people already affected by climate change being the biggest losers.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee-org field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee&#039;s organisation:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Executive Director, Oxfam International</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-notestoeditors field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Notes to editors:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-contactinformation field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Violeta Leon: +521 99 81 03 66 89 or violetaleon@oxfammexico.org <br />Magali Rubino: +521 99 81 59 47 42 or mrubino@oxfamfrance.org <br />Lucy Brinicombe: +521 99 81 59 48 96 or lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk <br />Ben Grossman-Cohen: +521 99 81 59 35 21 or bgrossman-cohen@oxfamamerica.org</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-space-only field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Space only:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-campaigns field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Campaigns:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/campaigns/climate-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Climate Change</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-freetags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Freetags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate fund</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-adaptation-finance" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate adaptation finance</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/adapting-climate-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">adapting to climate change</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Jeremy Hobbs</div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="translation_fr first"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/fr/salle-de-presse/communiques/2010-12-10/les-negociations-sur-le-climat-de-lonu-cancun-doivent-etre" title="Les négociations sur le climat de l&#039;ONU à Cancun doivent être sauvées de la débâcle" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
<li class="translation_es last"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/es/sala-de-prensa/notas-de-prensa/2010-12-10/hay-que-evitar-el-naufragio-de-las-negociaciones" title="Hay que evitar el naufragio de las negociaciones climáticas de la ONU en Cancún" class="translation-link">Español</a></li>
</ul>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:34:37 +0000Louis Belanger1385 at https://www.oxfam.orgOxfam response to the Finance section in the UNFCCC LCA texthttps://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/reactions/oxfam-response-finance-section-unfccc-lca-text
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Oxfam response to the Finance section in the LCA text, which Ministers in Cancun are debating today:<a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/reactions/oxfam-response-finance-section-unfccc-lca-text" class="more-link">Read more</a></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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<div class="field field-name-field-contactinformation field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>For more information contact the Oxfam media team in Cancun:<br /><br />Lucy Brinicombe: +44 7786 110054 or +521 99 81 59 48 96 or lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk<br />Ben Grossman-Cohen: +1202-629-6018 or +521 99 81 59 35 21 or bgrossman-cohen@oxfamamerica.org <br />Violeta Leon: +521 99 81 03 66 89...</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-freetags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Freetags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/women" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">women</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/unfccc" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">UNFCCC</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-funding" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">climate funding</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">climate fund</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/cancun" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">cancun</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/adaptation-finance" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">adaptation finance</a></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="translation_fr first last"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/fr/salle-de-presse/reactions/reaction-doxfam-sur-la-section-finance-du-texte-lca-de-la-ccnucc" title="Réaction d&#039;Oxfam sur la section finance du texte LCA de la CCNUCC" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
</ul>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:32:15 +0000Joel M Bassuk3242 at https://www.oxfam.orgOxfam response to the latest UNFCCC text on climate financehttps://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/reactions/oxfam-response-latest-unfccc-text-climate-finance
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Responding to the latest finance text that came out today, international climate change policy adviser Tim Gore said:<a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/reactions/oxfam-response-latest-unfccc-text-climate-finance" class="more-link">Read more</a></div></div></div><div class="form-item form-type-item">
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<div class="field field-name-field-contactinformation field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Lucy Brinicombe <br />Senior Press Officer - Climate Change <br />Oxfam Media Unit <br />+44 (0)1865 472192 <br />+44 (0)7786 110054 <br />Twitter: @lucybrinicombe</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-freetags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Freetags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">climate fund</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-finance" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">climate finance</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/cancun" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">cancun</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/adaptation-finance" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">adaptation finance</a></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="translation_fr first last"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/fr/salle-de-presse/reactions/reaction-doxfam-au-dernier-texte-de-la-ccnucc-sur-les-financements-climat" title="Réaction d&#039;Oxfam au dernier texte de la CCNUCC sur les financements climat" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
</ul>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:57:40 +0000Joel M Bassuk3240 at https://www.oxfam.orgMary Robinson: Concrete action within reach in Cancun Focus on Global Climate Fund and Finance Essentialhttps://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2010-12-06/mary-robinson-concrete-action-within-reach-cancun-focus-global
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>Cancun, Mexico - Halfway through the Cancun climate talks, negotiators have an opportunity to make real progress on a fair global climate fund and climate finance, said Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and Honorary President of Oxfam. At a mid-way press conference to assess progress so far in the negotiations, Robinson stressed the importance of redoubling efforts to make concrete decisions on these issues to deliver results that protect poor people who are most vulnerable to climate threats.</strong><br /> <br />“After one week of negotiations, we have reason to be cautiously optimistic about prospects of a deal that puts the global climate talks back on track”, said Mary Robinson. “Serious challenges lie ahead, but with focused attention on the continuation of the Kyoto protocol and the establishment of a fair global climate fund, we can make Cancun a success.”<br /> <br />The first week of negotiations saw issues such as the future of Kyoto and how to anchor mitigation targets dominate the discussions. Robinson stressed that a resolution to these issues in week two would be vital, but warned that they must not be allowed to overwhelm efforts to make substantive progress in other areas. The establishment of a global climate fund with key details ironed out here in Cancun is a tangible and achievable goal that negotiators can focus on during week two.<br /> <br />“Arriving ministers can breathe life into the Kyoto Protocol,” said Robinson. “But it is vital that these efforts do not suck the political momentum from progress on other issues. Success in Cancun requires more than a quelling of political tensions and must include real progress to protect the millions of poor people whose livelihoods lie in the balance.”<br /> <br />Robinson highlighted the essential role of women in developing solutions to the challenges of climate change which are threatening the livelihoods and food security of poor people around the world. Not only are women disproportionately impacted by climate change, but they lack access to markets and essential tools including land and credit that would enable them to better adapt.<br /> <br />“Women are on the frontlines of climate change because they are often the main food producers and so susceptible to the increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather,” said Robinson. “But women are also leading the way in creating innovative solutions that can help us overcome these challenges. Negotiators must recognize the essential role of women this week to ensure decisions made in Cancun can succeed once implemented.”</p>
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<div class="field field-name-field-news-picture field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main picture:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www-cdn.oxfam.org/s3fs-public/mainimage/mary_robinson_cancun2.jpg" width="460" height="245" alt="Mary Robinson&#039;s press conference in Cancun, Mexico. Credit: Ainhoa Goma/Oxfam" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pull-quotes field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Pull quotes:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Success in Cancun requires more than a quelling of political tensions and must include real progress to protect the millions of poor people whose livelihoods lie in the balance.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee-org field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee&#039;s organisation:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Former President of Ireland and Honorary President of Oxfam</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-notestoeditors field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Notes to editors:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-contactinformation field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>For more information contact the Oxfam media team in Cancun:</p>
<ul><li>Lucy Brinicombe: +44 7786 110054 or +521 99 81 59 48 96 or <a href="mailto:lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk">lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk</a></li>
<li>Ben Grossman-Cohen: +1202-629-6018 or +521 99 81 59 35 21 or <a href="mailto:bgrossman-cohen@oxfamamerica.org">bgrossman-cohen@oxfamamerica.org</a></li>
<li>Violeta Leon: +521 99 81 03 66 89 or <a href="mailto:violetaleon@oxfammexico.org">violetaleon@oxfammexico.org</a></li>
<li>Magali Rubino: +33 630 4666 or +521 99 81 59 47 42 or <a href="mailto:mrubino@oxfamfrance.org">mrubino@oxfamfrance.org</a></li>
</ul><p> <br />Pictures footage and stories showing the human impact of climate change are available at <a href="http://bit.ly/COP16media﻿">http://bit.ly/COP16media﻿</a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-space-only field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Space only:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-campaigns field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Campaigns:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/campaigns/climate-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Climate Change</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-freetags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Freetags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/mary-robinson" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Mary Robinson</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/kyoto-protocol" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">kyoto protocol</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/cop16" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">cop16</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate-fund" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate fund</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/climate" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">climate</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/tags/adaptation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">adaptation</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-quotee field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Quotee:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Mary Robinson,</div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="translation_fr first"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/fr/salle-de-presse/communiques/2010-12-06/mary-robinson-des-actions-concretes-sont-portee-de-main" title="Mary Robinson : des actions concrètes sont à portée de main à Cancun" class="translation-link">Français</a></li>
<li class="translation_es last"><a href="https://www.oxfam.org/es/sala-de-prensa/notas-de-prensa/2010-12-09/mary-robinson-hay-metas-concretas-que-se-pueden-alcanzar" title="Mary Robinson: Hay metas concretas que se pueden alcanzar en Cancún" class="translation-link">Español</a></li>
</ul>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:04:54 +0000oxroot1388 at https://www.oxfam.org